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The General Strike
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The General Strike
Police quelling rioters in London during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days
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Called Coal Collapsed Congress Cuts Days Docks Electricity Emergency Involved Issue Lack Measures Miners Organised Railways Real Rioters Sectors Strike Support Threatened Trades Wage 1926 Quelling
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